[Mapserver-users] Hunting for global data

[Jan Hartmann]

Tyler Mitchell wrote:

> I'm looking for any good global-scale datasets to show off MapServer's 
> capabilities. 
> The first thing I started looking for was a DEM or elevation image but 
> everything I'm finding is in some obscure format or another.  Anyone got 
> gtopo in a more readily usable format and, ideally, seamless?
> I'm also interested in a any other global datasets - countries, 
> hydrography, etc. that others are using.
> 

Tyler,

Look at http://maspserver.sara.nl , under World Maps. It has eight 
detailed world maps (elevation, satellite, land use) at 30 seconds 
resolution (1 km at the equator, 21600*10800 cells). They are from NASA, 
NOAA and others and are all in the public domain. I resampled and 
retiled them to GeoTIFF, as described in yesterday's posting
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0405/msg00397.html).
If you want to set up a demo site with explanations how to do this in 
MapServer, I'll be happy to assist.

Jan